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Looking at the master's in Holistic nursing offered at FAU in Florida. Looks amazing. However, after I get it will I just be an overqualified, overeducated, even MORE frustrated floor nurse with tons of awesome knowledge and zero time to practice it?...

Let's start a "You Might Be a Neuro Nurse If. . ." list!! I LOVE being a neuro nurse because it is crazy and adventurous and challenging and downright hilarious sometimes. Please add to the list!! You Might Be a Neuro Nurse If. . . 1. You have ever w...

Tons of tests, confused patients, neuro checks Q2, slight changes in LOC, sudden seizures, plus cardiac issues to boot. I think the patient load should be 4-5. . .not the 6-7 I struggle with! Just a short vent. DAMN it's hard!

I work in a hospital on the acute rehab floor. We try to keep our patients out of bed as much as possible, but sometimes they cry and scream to get back into bed and sometimes the families yell at us to put them back. Of course, we also have family y...

I need advice. Here is my story. New RN as of Fall 2009. Starting work on an insanely busy neuro/med surg floor that I really loved. I learned so much every day and was really starting to feel confident in my skills (IV starts, assessments, wound car...

that is, without a doubt, the DUMBEST thing I have ever heard. Who goes to the ER to feel warm and fuzzy!?!? You go because you think you are freaking dying and need someone to save your life. Wow. Speechless.

Hello, I posted on here earlier about my desire for a natural childbirth and the best way to approach the L&D nurses/be successful/not feel pressured into things. A lot of you responded and I really appreciate it. Like I said in my previous post,...

Oh man, the mandatory nursery time. You guys have no idea what I have been through with it. I took my hypnobirthing class with a local doula/owner of a natural childbirth/yoga studio store and she is a local advocate for natural childbirth. She met w...

Oh, and due to insurance issues, I have to birth at this hospital - because I work at an affiliated hospital, it is pretty much free for me to birth here. Anywhere else, I would have to pay 50% of costs.

Hello, I have been an RN for nearly 2 years, working in med surg and Acute rehab. I like rehab because of all of the education we do, but I don't want to work in a hospital forever. I am having a baby soon and in a few years would like to have a "nor...

Hello! I am a med/surg nurse who is 34 weeks pregnant with my first child and will be delivering at a hospital close to my home (not the hospital that I work at - my hospital doesn't have an L&D). I have taken a Hypnobirthing class and am hoping ...

Wow - i swear sometimes my neuro floor is like a straight up psych floor. My hospital doesn't have a pysch floor so we end up with all of the drug OD, schizophrenics, people going thru DT's, suicide attempts, AMS in restraints, etc. . . Is this true ...

Hello! I am a new nurse, been working on a crazy Neuro/med surg floor here in Tampa, FL since August. I love my job because my co-workers are awesome and supportive. My job is hard and crazy and I want to scream a lot/end up crying at the end of my d...

I am an INFP and have found a happy home on an acute rehab floor. The pace is a bit slower, you get to know your patients, my coworkers (on my rehab floor anyway) are patient and kind, our doctors are awesome. Lots of education and teaching. Lots of ...

depends on where you are moving from. If you are moving from anyplace where people are nice and civilized, then yes - get ready to deal with the most obnoxious, spoiled, demanding people you have EVER EVER met. I have worked in Boca area for a year n...

I want to pursue an MPH and in an ideal world, would drive to school and take classes. However, the closest school to me that offers an MPH is an hour away in Miami and I will have a 6 month old baby and will be working full time as a nurse (3 12's) ...

ooh where do you live? My husband is from Halifax, NS and I lived there with him for a year and LOVED it. What a beautiful province. Now we live in Florida Would love to return to Atlantic Canada someday.

so a couple of weeks ago, our hospital's DON decided to hold a hospital-wide CNA meeting - at 0730! Every single CNA in the hospital had to go. So, while we were changing shifts and giving report, there were no CNA's on the floor. I work on an acute ...

you feel that way because of the hierarchy in nursing - ICU nurses are "the best" and look down on the floor, med/surg nurses look down on LTC, etc etc. Acute care is supposed to be "real nursing" where as everyplace else is for people who can't find...

I am too smart for Rehab Nursing. This is what I hear whenever I tell people that I enjoy working in acute rehab and that when I am done with nursing school this Fall I think I am going to stick around on the rehab floor. I am a Nurse Tech who has wo...

Hello! I am moving to Boca from Tampa in 2 weeks - looking at these 3 hospitals. Any words of wisdom/advice/insight? Looking for days med-surg, hopefully in neuro. Thank you so much!

Just a poll: what are the patient:nurse ratios (for day and night) on your acute rehab floor in a hospital setting? what is the ratio for patient:CNA? Do you have a free charge nurse? what does he/she do? How often do your patients get showered? D...

Hello! A long time ago I wrote a post called "Too Smart for Rehab Nursing" in which I complained about how people were always tell me I was too smart for rehab, to go pursue "real nursing" in ICU or med-surg and that I would get bored. Well, after a ...

I didn't have a problem, but I knew the manager on the floor. Now, if I am a rehab nurse for 5 yrs I don't know if I could get a M/S job. But I don't think I will ever want one again. I did my time, learned a LOT, and now want to work acute rehab whe...

Med-surg is different from ICU. My guess is if you worked a shift on the med-surg floor you may have a different opinion of those "stupid" MS nurses. They work their asses off with 5-6 acute patients. They don't have the autonomy ICU nurses. They cal...